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Subject: Re: [geda-user] The state of gEDA/gaf (Was gEDA/PCBs diversity, Was: Pin hole size)
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Jan Kasprzak wrote:

> Edward Hennessy wrote:
> : All,
> :
> : What about reopening a public developers list?
> :
> : - Anyone can join
> : - Anyone can post ideas
> : - Anyone can post patches
> : - Skilled developers invited to git access
> : - Junior developers mentored
> 
> As a newcomer to geda, I don't think it is a great idea. You would
> end up with users list nobody sufficiently skilled reads, 

There actually is such a list: geda-help AT delorie DOT com . This is supposed to 
cater new users. However, traffic is slow compared to here. Last summer, 
it was down to less than ten messages per month.
(Unfortunately, the archive lacks overview features. You can get a list of 
the posts on a particular day, but not in a month. Search is restricted to 
four days from present. Unlike geda-user, this list is not mirrored at 
gmane. So their comprehensive archive does not help.) 


> and with devel
> list with occasional end-user questions.

There was a developers list for a long time: geda-devel AT seul DOT org
Originally, this list was open to everyone. Over time, it developed into a 
sibling of geda-user AT seul DOT org with discussions spanning both lists. In 
2009 geda-devel got restricted to developers only. As a consequence, this 
list got quite a bit quieter. About a year ago, when the mailinglists at 
seul.org were shut down, geda-developer was moved to launchpad. Since then 
the list got _very_ quiete --> six posts during the last six months:
  https://lists.launchpad.net/geda-developers/


> Again, as a newcomer, I find the documentation of geda to be
> one of the weakest points.

As a user since 2005 I too find documentation a weak spot.

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